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The Alexandria Girls Golf Team are State Champs!
The team saved its best performance of the year for the final day of the 2021 golf season. The team posted a school record 18 hole team score of 303 on Wednesday to win the AAA State Golf Tournament.. The two day event is held at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids. The team's two-day 36 hole team score of 622 is also a school record.
"After the first day of competition, the Cardinals trailed a very good Maple Grove Team by just 2 strokes," noted Head Coach Timothy Zupfer. "The team's performance the second day was magical. We caught Maple Grove early in the round and never looked back. Eventually, we won the meet by 22 shots over 2nd place Maple Grove."
Team Scores:
Alexandria 319 - 303 = 622
Maple Grove 317 - 327 = 644
Edina 333 - 319 = 652
Eden Prairie 333 - 326 = 659
Eastview 346 - 328 = 674
Stillwater 336 - 341 = 677
Lakeville North 351 - 336 = 687
St. Michael Alberville 351 - 347 = 698
Alexandria Scores:
Cora Larson 75 - 75 = 150 (T 9th)
Hannah Boraas 75 - 76 = 151 (11th)
Lauren Rebrovich 83 - 75 = 158 (19th) 75 is her personal best!
Aisling O'Connor 86 - 77 = 163 (T 31st)
Isabella Hagen 97 - 95 = 192 (T 81st)
Rachel Bowen 100 - 101 = 201 (T 85th)
"Our performance was a result of confident play by a group of very determined young women," added Coach Zupfer. "They have been pushed hard all season by talented teams in our conference and our section. Brainerd and Detroit Lakes are teams that would have challenged for a state title, had they come out of our section. Another conference school, Fergus Falls, placed third in the State AA tournament. Every coach strives to have their teams playing their best at the end of the season. For many teams the end of the season is the section meet. For a select few teams the end of the season is at the state tournament. After 5 consecutive 2nd place finishes in Section 8AAA, we were thrilled to get a chance to play in the State AAA Tournament. To have these players all perform so well at the same time made for a very memorable day!"
Detroit Lakes golfer McKenna Mallow (78-71=149) took seventh place and her teammate, Laura Syltie (90-93=183) was 68th.
Reese McCauley of Simley won the individual title with a 139 (69-70) and Olivia Salonek of Roseville Area was runner-up with a 140 (70-70).
The Alexandria boys placed fifth in the AAA Boys State Tournament with a team score of 613. Maple Grove had an impressive 283 second round score to win the tournament with a low score of 584, 16 strokes ahead of runner-up Edina (600). Eastview was third at 607 and Farmington fourth at 609. Chaska was right behind the Cardinals in sixth place with a 615 total.
Nate Stevens of Northfield fired an amazing 134 to win the individual title and Ian Meyer of Minnetonka was second with an equally impressive 136. Arthur Ylitalo of Buffalo was third at 137.
Braeden Sladek led the Cardinals with a 146 (73-73), tying for fifteenth place, and Grant Rebrovich tied for 21st with a 149 (71-78). Other scores included a 160 (79-81) from Bennett Olsen, a 166 (81-85) for Carver Larson, a 166 (88-78) for Ashton Sladek and a 167 (87-80) from Jack Holtz.